4 O mine, my golden Zion! 5 Exult, O dust and ashes, Thou shalt be, and thou art. The Lord shall be thy part: His only and for ever, Thou shalt be, and thou art. In the 12th century Bernard, a monk in the French Abbey of Cluny, wrote a long Latin poem which contrasted the evils of the world with the happiness and beauty of heaven. An English clergyman, Dr. John Mason Neale, in 1851 published a translation of 400 lines of the poem, and from this the verses are taken which make up our hymn. Dr. Neale lived to see the hymn become the most popular of all hymns about heaven. But what pleased him most was to be told that a little child, who was a great sufferer, became so fond of the verses that he would lie "without a murmur or motion, while the whole 400 lines were read to him." [NOTES.-Verse 1, line 1. xxi, 18. Verse 1, line 2. Verse 1, line 6. are there." Verse 1, line 8. "what light." The golden. See Revelation See Exodus iii, 8. Neale wrote it," What social joys What bliss. Neale wrote it, Verse 2, line 2. All jubilant. Neale wrote it, "conjubilant." (None of these changes is an improvement over what Neale wrote, but they are generally accepted now.) Verse 3, line 1. See Isaiah ix, 7. Verse 5, line 1. Dust and ashes, that is, man, who was formed out of the dust and whose body shall be left like ashes when the fire is out. See Genesis xviii, 27.] 16 Tby kingdom Come! O! He comes, with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train : Alleluia ! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty ; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced, and nailed Him to the Tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Every island, sea, and mountain, Come to judgment, come away ! 4 Now Redemption, long expected, See the day of God appear! 5 Answer Thine own Bride and Spirit; Travails, groans, and bids Thee come. 6 Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, Alleluia! come, Lord, come. Parts of three separate hymns are woven together in this. In 1760 the Rev. Mr. Madan was making a hymnbook for the Church of England, and wished a hymn upon the second coming of Christ. He took these Ist, 2d, and 6th verses from one, and the 5th verse from another hymn of Charles Wesley (see under No. 3), and the 3d and 4th from a hymn by John Cennick (see under No. 29) and then made several changes in them before his hymn suited him. It seems like a strange way of making a hymn; but the hymn is among the best we have on the subject. [NOTES.-Verse 1, line 1. Verse 5, line 1. xxii, 17. Verse 6, line 5. xxii, 20.] See Revelation i, 7. Bride and Spirit. See Revelation O come quickly. See Revelation 17 Psalm Irrit. Second Part. Christ's kingdom among the Gentiles. ESUS shall reign where'er the sun JESU Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head: His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice; 3 People and realms of every tongue 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Let every creature rise and bring This is another of the "Imitations" of the Psalms which Dr. Watts published in 1719 (see under No. 2). An incident will best illustrate the meaning of the hymn. One day, in 1862, King George of the South Sea Islands was to give a new constitution to his people, exchanging a heathen for a Christian form of government. "Under the spreading branches of the banyan trees sat some 5000 natives, assembled for Divine worship. Foremost among them all sat King George himself. Around him were seated old chiefs and warriors. But old and young alike rejoiced together in the joys of that day. It would be impossible to describe the deep feeling manifested when the solemn service began by the entire assembly singing the hymn, 'Jesus shall reign where'er the sun.' Who, so |